marți, 14 februarie 2012

Ashes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie
cameras to explore extraordinary interactions between humans and
animals. The 60-minute feature is a poetic narrative rather than a
documentary. It aims to lift the natural and artificial barriers between
humans and other species, dissolving the distance that exists between
them.

Feather to fire, fire to blood, blood to bone, bone to marrow, marrow to ashes, ashes to snow...

On August 7th, 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the New York World Trade Center’s twin towers. After dancing for nearly an hour on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released. This extraordinary documentary incorporates Petit’s personal footage to show how he overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to achieve the artistic crime of the century.